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they had written on the north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so, everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of the convention taking over the whole continent, and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. some of them jefferson fought cuba will naturally fall to less like ripe fruit. i don't know what he thought would happen to all the spanish. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me that you mentioned the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did, i'm wondering is at this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought of the attitude in berlin in 1933 with whom we did have relationships with hitler's germany, but she held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so one could say the same about linen's seizure of power. so was this really backcourt on our part or was there some fundamental legitimacy of the communist regime from the start and not just some ideological n.v.? >> the fact we were the last trading said so
they had written on the north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so, everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of the convention taking over the whole continent, and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. some of them jefferson fought cuba will naturally fall to less like ripe fruit. i don't know what he thought would happen to all the spanish. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me that you mentioned the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you...
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they had written on their north, canada and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of their convention taking over the whole continent and more than a continent. mexico, cuba. jefferson thought cuba would actually fall to us like -- i don't know what he thought was going to happen all of those spanish-speaking people then. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me, you had mentioned the delay of the american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did, i am wondering, isn't this conventional wisdom a little bit messy again because i always thought the attitude of the ambassador job in berlin in 1933 with whom we did have relations with hitler's germany but buddy how the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and one could really say the same about lennon's seizure of power. so was this really backward on our part or was this some fundamental illegitimacy of the communist regime from the start and not just some ideological and the? >> well,
they had written on their north, canada and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of their convention taking over the whole continent and more than a continent. mexico, cuba. jefferson thought cuba would actually fall to us like -- i don't know what he thought was going to happen all of those spanish-speaking people then. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me, you had mentioned the delay of the american recognition of the soviet union. but...
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for the immediate future they still had problems because they had britain on their north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of eventually taking over the whole continent. and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. [laughter] some of them -- jefferson thought cuba would naturally fall to us like ripe fruit. [laughter] i don't know what he thought was going to happen with all those spaniards, spanish-speaking people there. yes, sir. >> um, it never occurred to me you'd mention the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did i'm wondering, isn't this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought the attitude of ambassador dodd in bear eleven in 1933 -- berlin in many 1933 with whom we did have relations with hitler's germany, but he held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so up with could really say the same about lenin's seizure of power. so was this really backward on our part, or was this some fundam
for the immediate future they still had problems because they had britain on their north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of eventually taking over the whole continent. and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. [laughter] some of them -- jefferson thought cuba would naturally fall to us like ripe fruit. [laughter] i don't know what he thought was going to happen with all those spaniards, spanish-speaking people there. yes,...
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israel did not exist during this period, yet we saw spain, sicily, greece, the balkans, romania, conquered by islam us. we saw them drive into central france. we saw them get to the gates of vienna twice. this had nothing to do with israel, and nothing to do with jews. israel is the canary in a coal mine in this fight, the first line of defense for western civilization. >> host: its talk about the defense of western civilization, and you end your book this way and i want to end the interview this would. a lot of people read this and say what can i do? what can i do as a citizen? what can my government do? give us some suggestions as to if somebody to takes this book up and says oh, my god, what's my role in this? what is it? >> we were talking before the show. we talked about these issues a lot. it's always the question we get. i traveled the country giving speeches. number one, please i employer, get informed. you don't have to be an islam expert. by the book. but you don't have to be an islam expert. you don't have to be a political junkie. but daniel ipad, turn off again. 15, 20 minutes
israel did not exist during this period, yet we saw spain, sicily, greece, the balkans, romania, conquered by islam us. we saw them drive into central france. we saw them get to the gates of vienna twice. this had nothing to do with israel, and nothing to do with jews. israel is the canary in a coal mine in this fight, the first line of defense for western civilization. >> host: its talk about the defense of western civilization, and you end your book this way and i want to end the...
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as tocqueville said, it didn't happen in spain or russia where the czar basically recruited the entire nobility into his own military organization. it did happen in england for a very peculiar reasons. for parliament for a variety of reasons had a lot of solidarity. they hung together, they raised an army. they fought a civil war, defeated him, cut off his head. this was carl the 1st in the 1640s and then in 1688, they deposed another king james ii and brought in william to be their you know monoarch. because they didn't want to be taxed without parliamentary consent. it just happens in the one island nation, you get the powerful parliament that's able to force a institutional settlement on the english monoarch from there to the english is a short distance. john locke was a participant, he wrote the second treaty on government, that has to come out of consent, and then you get to the american revolution which is based on the principal, no taxation without representation. the distance from the english events and our own founding as a country based on democratic consent is not a long dis
as tocqueville said, it didn't happen in spain or russia where the czar basically recruited the entire nobility into his own military organization. it did happen in england for a very peculiar reasons. for parliament for a variety of reasons had a lot of solidarity. they hung together, they raised an army. they fought a civil war, defeated him, cut off his head. this was carl the 1st in the 1640s and then in 1688, they deposed another king james ii and brought in william to be their you know...
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at that point in time the mississippi river was controlled by spain. and now what is tennessee, they proclaim themselves a state without congress approval called franklin and they talked about proclaiming themselves the republic called franklin and opening negotiations with spain for navigation along the mississippi river. so congress had to get its act in gear pronto, and they also wanted to, to, the issue would be in terms of spain and things like that, who would control the river? the biggest provision -- i guess the first question i want to point out is when the congress began to tinker with the founding fathers vision? we hear a lot today about tinkering of the founding fathers vision. it began in 18 days after jefferson handed in his report. they started to tinker with it, but the biggest change came three years later when congress passed the northwest ordinance. that divided the area in light green, which is called the northwest territory. in his period of time they also started creating and laying out what became the future boundaries for kentu
at that point in time the mississippi river was controlled by spain. and now what is tennessee, they proclaim themselves a state without congress approval called franklin and they talked about proclaiming themselves the republic called franklin and opening negotiations with spain for navigation along the mississippi river. so congress had to get its act in gear pronto, and they also wanted to, to, the issue would be in terms of spain and things like that, who would control the river? the...
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he mentioned the ambassador trying to buy it from spain which turned out didn't work out. but there was a movement, a secret plan what they discussed in the newspapers to raise a private army and invade cuba and in sleaved those who were colored either black or mixed blood and offer cuba to the united states. this wasn't the plan of a kook, this was being organized by the governor of mississippi, and was less secret than the bay of pigs. when you are seeing our news clippings from before the effort was launched. the one on the tops as the general's contemplated descend on cuba. i love on the bottom right it says the movement further preparations for the invasion of cuba. it was widely discussed in the papers but a delegate because officially the government didn't know about it or shouldn't have to stop it. right before wittman launched his invasion, president franklin pierce told him don't do it because the acted just been passed and it was an uproar he feared the added uproar would bring to read this a taken together bad dream the number one, to come and recreated this ni
he mentioned the ambassador trying to buy it from spain which turned out didn't work out. but there was a movement, a secret plan what they discussed in the newspapers to raise a private army and invade cuba and in sleaved those who were colored either black or mixed blood and offer cuba to the united states. this wasn't the plan of a kook, this was being organized by the governor of mississippi, and was less secret than the bay of pigs. when you are seeing our news clippings from before the...
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. >> host:s, is it more important to have their tribal connection as opposed to white america and spain from scott landor norway? >> guest: i think so. is a country we belonged to a nation.now, and it is still there functioning. we have not left. we cannot. it is who we are. >> host: we have been email from texas, how hardt ti was it to be published for the first time? >> guest: i think i was the very fortunate the first time because i sent to some polemist to the green fieldd review and he also is a great writer and editor per crowhop he said you have any more and i said yes. he made them into a book. that little book which is now out of print, calling my cellphone p was my first publication. then i was also published in a magazine. it is almost a process that you a start with a small press or magazine then keep going and tell somebody recognizes your name because they have a seen it dean f. then a larger press is interested. >> host: with your first th novel what was the process of getting that published?foun >> guest: i found the publisher first and he found an agent for me. >> guest
. >> host:s, is it more important to have their tribal connection as opposed to white america and spain from scott landor norway? >> guest: i think so. is a country we belonged to a nation.now, and it is still there functioning. we have not left. we cannot. it is who we are. >> host: we have been email from texas, how hardt ti was it to be published for the first time? >> guest: i think i was the very fortunate the first time because i sent to some polemist to the green...
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in "the sun also rises," it's set in paris and at the bullfights in spain. "farewell to arms" in italy. "to have and have not" is cuba. journalism from all over the world. i think it's a real lesson for us today. americans tend to be very insular, very cut-off people and maybe's hemmingway's choosing that line from john dunn from for whom the bell tolls, says it all. whereever there was strife or war going on, a revolution, he was interested. he thought we should be there and he thought it was the job of a writer to bear witness to th that. and he also took his readers along on some wonderful adventures. not just the war, but big game hunting in africa, bullfighting in spain, deep sea fishing. lots of excitement in his work. >> next phone call is from connecticut. >> caller: yes, i have a letter that was sent to hemmingway in 1934 by the editor of malcolm cowley of the new republic. i was wondering what kind of a relationship they had? >> they had a really interesting relationship and that letter could be a real treasure. malcolm calley was one of the most i
in "the sun also rises," it's set in paris and at the bullfights in spain. "farewell to arms" in italy. "to have and have not" is cuba. journalism from all over the world. i think it's a real lesson for us today. americans tend to be very insular, very cut-off people and maybe's hemmingway's choosing that line from john dunn from for whom the bell tolls, says it all. whereever there was strife or war going on, a revolution, he was interested. he thought we should...
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some countries in western europe, mainly spain and some countries in latin america, mainly chile, and with cuba we have always the longstanding and often conflicting relationship, cano also. but 75% of any mexican foreign minister signed who's devoted to the u.s. and i've tried to devote as much time as i could to immigration because i fought and continue to think this is mexico's single most important issue with u.s. but by the way i think that it's also the united states single most important issue with mexico. there are even or 12 million mexican citizens residing in the u.s. quote there are more than 30 million mexicans in the u.s., there are important states in the u.s. by california, texas, arizona, nevada, illinois where mexicans make up a very significant part of the electorate or the population at large. it is a central issue and it's a reason that has to be addressed that nobody wants to address forthrightly. >> how should it be addressed? >> it should be addressed the way that we sit back and 2001 and 2002 with my good friend former secretary steve colin powell away preside
some countries in western europe, mainly spain and some countries in latin america, mainly chile, and with cuba we have always the longstanding and often conflicting relationship, cano also. but 75% of any mexican foreign minister signed who's devoted to the u.s. and i've tried to devote as much time as i could to immigration because i fought and continue to think this is mexico's single most important issue with u.s. but by the way i think that it's also the united states single most important...
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spain does. greece does. china does, japan and england. they all have unique histories. but every -- so many countries -- the 19th century german nationalists, they talked about a germany that would merge. it would revive. it would lead all of humanity to a new epic. you know, there is always a stream that your country is unique and will uplift and lead humanity to a nice life. it's a nice sentiment. you talk about a whole another russia. jefferson had it about america. i think we should be more modest in our -- in our agendas. and we should really respect other countries and be not so quick to use force and violence to solve things. i think that force and violence is not a mistaken policy. i think it's a correct policy given the interests that george bush represents. he now has control of the second largest oil reserve in the world, 113 billion gallons of very good quality crude. and halliburton is taking it over. and fixing up the oil wells. and the iraqis are very irritated in saying you're supposed to be helping us and this and that. bush isn't there to help the iraq
spain does. greece does. china does, japan and england. they all have unique histories. but every -- so many countries -- the 19th century german nationalists, they talked about a germany that would merge. it would revive. it would lead all of humanity to a new epic. you know, there is always a stream that your country is unique and will uplift and lead humanity to a nice life. it's a nice sentiment. you talk about a whole another russia. jefferson had it about america. i think we should be...
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if you go to old europe, let's say france or italy or spain, every 20 miles people speak a different dialect. but not in america, and that's due to noah webster. the boston has confederate spellers. so three years after jefferson davis says this, he becomes the president of the confederacy and the south is them trying to kill the north. but the southerners still want to learn english the noah webster way. and they have confederate spellers so the confederates, they couldn't do without noah webster and they printed spellers, change for the present condition. so the speller was a book for grade school students and had sampled census. and one seconds was the president's term is four years, and that's the sentence that was in the new england version but in the southern version, i looked at one from macon, georgia, and as the president term was six years. so change for the present condition. again, we have this one language. we still have a lot of problems with american unity today in 2011 just like we had in 1861, but webster, this was a singular achievement. his reputation starts to dwi
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because there's no way for any decision made in spain to be implemented in new spain and conversely there was -- they didn't want to be totally independent with a marquee. so they found this deal. you can send all sorts of instructions from madrid and we will make believe that we respect them and stuff, but we won't pay attention to them but we won't say that we aren't going to pay attention to them. i seek that started the process which has led to an incredible this respect ever since mexico. and we have compounded that with the invented laws and since people are not stupid, if you try to impose the laws on them they would find intelligent ways to get around those stupid laws. they will not abide by obviously stupid laws. to that on this very mexican notion that i will only respect the laws that are just to be the [speaking spanish] which is the most and rule of law attitude you can have. in mexico, we have more of the people saying [speaking spanish] , so you put all this together and you have an unmanageable justice system which is what the movie shows and the movie is extraordinary bu
because there's no way for any decision made in spain to be implemented in new spain and conversely there was -- they didn't want to be totally independent with a marquee. so they found this deal. you can send all sorts of instructions from madrid and we will make believe that we respect them and stuff, but we won't pay attention to them but we won't say that we aren't going to pay attention to them. i seek that started the process which has led to an incredible this respect ever since mexico....
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and he found it under way when he returned from spain as a journalist in 1938. and of course the story goes that he was very upset that pauline had spent so much money on the pool and, in fact, said to her that you have spent all the money, you might as well take our last cent and actually gave her a penny which we have actually preserved to this day in the patio right out in front of the writing studio. >> you know, another landmark here, we talked about the cats with our guest, but right over my shoulder here, i think, is a favorite drinking fountain of the cats. can you tell me about that? >> sure. we know that ernest got the big olive jar in cuba and had it sent over here so that she could use it as a lawn decoration. but the true center piece is the old urinal from sloppy joe's underneath. that is certainly an interesting feature for all of the guests when they come here to see the cats drinking out of the urinal from sloppy joe's bar. >> how did he get it? >> it's a little difficult to say exactly. we know that joe russell is a great friend of ernest and h
and he found it under way when he returned from spain as a journalist in 1938. and of course the story goes that he was very upset that pauline had spent so much money on the pool and, in fact, said to her that you have spent all the money, you might as well take our last cent and actually gave her a penny which we have actually preserved to this day in the patio right out in front of the writing studio. >> you know, another landmark here, we talked about the cats with our guest, but...